Dry embossed card – Friends for Life. A great way to make a card special is to use the dry embossing technique. You can achieve this with an embossing folder. There are so many to choose from and it’s a quick easy way to add that extra “kappow” element to a card. The Friends for […]
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Quick and Easy Options
Quick and Easy Options. A brand new section in the 2024-25 Annual Catalogue is called Quick & Easy Options. You can find it on pages`12-29. It has new crafting ideas and a variety of paper pieces, card stock, envelops to add your own personal touch. Unlike the “step-by-step” section where the kits provide you with […]
How to create a Rotating Pop-up card
How to create a Rotating Pop-up card. This card looks quite ordinary from the front and springs into action when you open it. I used the products from the Lily Pond Lane Suite on pages 44-45 of the current Annual Catalogue 2024-25. Featuring the Charming Duck Pond Bundle, the papers called Lily Pond Lane 6″x […]
Card sketch – Friends for Life
Card sketch – Friends for Life. When you’re stuck for inspiration a card sketch is a useful tool to re-ignite your creativity. In the current 2024-25 Annual Catalogue on page 22 there are several sketches provided to help you. The one I’ve chosen for today is no. 9 in the first row and uses strips […]
Birthday card with Everyday Greetings
Birthday card with Everyday Greetings. One of the online exclusives called Season of Green & Gold Suite collection is HUGE!!! This suite collection includes gorgeous winter greenery, luscious pops of gold, and unique layers of vellum and berry gems. I don’t know about you, but I find it really difficult to get in the Christmas […]
Fancy Stadium Wave fold
Fancy stadium wave fold. This fold isn’t as difficult as it sounds, the stadium wave fold mechanism are simply strips of card stock. You score, fold, and adhere to each other in a staggered formation to form a fan shape. This card is quite bulky, so it may require extra postage, or better still, hand […]
Retro cards with Tune In
Retro card with Tune In. The Tune In stamp set features an image of an old fashioned TV from the 50s. You’ll find the bundle in the 2024-25 Annual Catalogue on page 67. If you recall those TVs, and grew up in that era there weren’t any remote controls back then. As a child, we […]
Buckle card with Wildflower Designs
Buckle card with Wildflower Designs. Today’s project is a buckle card with a peekaboo frame so you can see the card stock behind. The Wildflower Designs dies have been well thought out. After cutting the scalloped frame, you can die cut a smaller stitched frame from the inside remnant of the die cut scalloped frame. […]